ESG archive

The week in GRC: Norway’s SWF tells boards to plan for climate transition and SEC’s Gensler declines to give timeline on climate risk rule

Sep 15, 2023

9 min read

– The Financial Times (paywall) reported that a group of more than 70 attorneys and academics criticized what they call an...

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Data quality biggest challenge to ESG investing, BNP Paribas finds

Sep 11, 2023

By Tim Human

2 min read

The quality of ESG data remains a major headache for investors as they try to incorporate sustainability issues into their...

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Governance Matters podcast: As You Sow’s Danielle Fugere talks shareholder proposals, anti-ESG and Scope 3 disclosures

Sep 07, 2023

By Ben Maiden

2 min read

In the latest episode of the Governance Matters podcast, As You Sow president and chief counsel Danielle Fugere addresses...

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Vanguard joins BlackRock in backing fewer ESG proposals in 2023 proxy season

Sep 01, 2023

By Hemma Visavadia

2 min read

Vanguard, like BlackRock, supported fewer ESG-related shareholder proposals during this year’s US proxy season. According to...

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Lack of co-ordination harming investor engagement, survey finds

Aug 23, 2023

By Tim Human

2 min read

Investor engagement is suffering due to co-ordination issues at investment firms and the way ESG data is collected and processed...

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Climate goals reported across multiple corporate sources, study finds

Aug 22, 2023

By Garnet Roach

3 min read

The vast majority (96 percent) of companies publish voluntary climate goals, data or metrics in their sustainability or CSR report...

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RBC GAM reviews ESG trends from proxy season 2023

Aug 21, 2023

By Nureen Nagra

7 min read

At RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM), we believe proxy voting is an important part of our stewardship process, as it provides...

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The week in GRC: Activision Blizzard and Kellogg join companies facing challenges over diversity efforts and study calls for taxing climate-polluting investments

Aug 18, 2023

By Ben Maiden

7 min read

– CNBC reported that PayPal’s board announced that the company’s new CEO will be Alex Chriss, the executive who runs the small...

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CalSTRS: Mandatory GHG reporting may be here by year-end

Aug 14, 2023

By Garnet Roach

3 min read

CalSTRS, the world’s largest educator-only pension fund, says it expects greenhouse gas ( GHG) emissions reporting to become...

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Why effective ESG starts and ends with your investors

Aug 03, 2023

By Sylvie Harton

5 min read

The influence of ESG on investing is undeniable, with the acronym itself dominating headlines on a daily basis. Today, an...